John Hyland and I will be giving a 1 hour presentation next week at the WEVA EXPO in Walt Disney World’s Dolphin Resort in Orlando Florida on Wednesday August 25th, 2010 at 5:00pm.

Many people have heard how amazing social media is and how powerful it can be. I think we are beyond that now and most people realize that. Many people head over to Facebook and Twitter and sign up and realize they know absolutely nothing about how to operate their profile or how to use the application properly. That is where John and I come in. Our presentation is a detailed explanation of many of the key terms that are used on these social media sites like “Hash Tag” “Re-Tweeting” “Checking in” and many other features that Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Youtube and more have. We also will be showing how twitter works and how to use it properly. I have seen many business’s failed attempts at using social media. They sign up and improperly setup a GROUP page on facebook instead of a FAN page.  After a month or so they leave it sitting there with no interaction with their clients and the page goes cold.

John and I will not only show you how to use these tools but what you have to do after your signed up. After WEVA John and I will be continuing our presentation online with video tutorials, live online webcasts answering your questions about anything related to social media. Stay tuned to my website all week August 23rd – 27th as John and I will be tweeting, facebooking, blogging and more from orlando. We would love it for anyone attending our presentation or anyone else, to post any questions they might have regarding how to use social media in the comment section of this post or to tweet with the hashtag #WEVAEXPO. If you plan on attending our presentation we would love it if you RSVP on our facebook event page

Were both very excited to see you all in Orlando.

This was a great networking event put together by NJWedding.com I first discovered the event from their twitter account @njwedding . I wanted to introduce myself to other business so that I can show them what I can do for them as far as instruction on Social Media and how to use it properly regarding a business. My topic was a hit! I was emerged in conversations for a long time with many individuals who are very frustrated about facebook and twitter. They are all signed up but they don’t know how to get recognized or how to use it. I explained the benefits for a person with a business no matter what business it is. I told them that as part of my services I sit down and teach them how to sign up for accounts, how to link the accounts together and how to start searching twitter and facebook to follow the right people to get you going in the social media world. If anyone is interested in my services as a social media coach feel free to comment below or contact me via email aquintano@gmail.com .

I was lucky enough to get around the room and meet with many of the vendors tables. I stumbled upon A Cake Dream and wow the cupcakes and cookies were delicious. They are also doing the right thing because they are also on twitter @acakedream

Check out some of my photos and soon I will post a short video previewing the event tonight. It was a pleasure meeting those of you I networked with at the event and I look forward to keepin in touch via facebook and twitter.

Begernfest is an amazing event. I had the pleasure of being invited to this event last year by my friends at Sweet Avenue Bake Shop. Merchants from all over Northern New Jersey. Award winning restaurants, Salons, Spas, Cafes, Bakeries and even a fashion show. This was not only a wonderful place to taste some great food and wine, it was also a place to network with other business owners and individual residents of New Jersey. This year Quintano Media will be the Videographer and Photographer of the event and will also have a presentation table as well. So come to the The Estate of Florentine Gardens 97 Rivervale Rd., Rivervale, NJ. The event is sponsored by Bergen Health & Life Magazine . If you are interested in coming you can purchase tickets here. Below you can see photos and video from last years event. You can also follow Bergenfest updates on twitter. Want to find out who the vendors will be at Bergenfest 2009 scroll down to the bottom of this article

click this link to see the Article describing the vendors attending bergenfest 2009 this year.

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I have to run to Apple real quick I just wanted to throw up a quick post from my experience today at the photo expo at the Jacob Javitz Center in New York.

This is Famous Photographer Joe McNally

Who’s blog i follow religiously check it out his photography is amazing.

Finally I finished editing the Bergenfest Highlight video. Now I shot this video with my sanyo xacti which is not the best camera to shoot in low light situations as you can tell by the video. This is not the camera I use to shoot my weddings and events. I only used this camera because it was light and small and able to fit in my pocket so I can take still photos as well with my nikon. Next year I will use my Professional camera for this event. Hopefully I will have HD by then. Enjoy the video and keep coming back because I have much more coming…. a Live concert hosted by sweet avenue bake shop and a live performance by artist Natalie Gelman as well.

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